Judgment ordering husband to pay lump-sum child support in excess of 201K, AFFIRMED, as nothing in O.C.G.A. § 10-6-15 expressly precludes lump-sum child support awards; 2007 version of guidelines statue did not eliminate trial court’s discretion to order lump-sum payments under appropriate circumstances, such as those in this case – father pled guilty to federal crimes, for which he received 5-year sentence, he lost his employment to to his crimes and he had spent all but approximately 200k of his 422k inheritance by time of trial; father’s speculative concern aout precluding futher modifiaction of his obligation was not ripe for adjudication; trial court acted within its broad discretion in declining to discount lump-sum payment to present value, given current economic climate in which even secure financial investments offer extremely low rates of return.

Mullin v. Roy f/k/a/ Mullin, S10F1120 (09/20/2010), 10 FCDR 3010.